1775-1850. This netsuke, carved from ivory, is in the form of an octopus standing on a base, the underside of which is carved with two characters in relief suggesting it was intended to be used as a seal. V and A Museum.
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design of hares in a landscape. Style of: Kajikawa School. Late 18th–early 19th century. MFA Boston
19th century. Inro lacquered in gold takamaki-e with a mandarin duck on a rock by a stream, a wading bird on the reverse, signed Shokasai.
Unsigned Japan, 18th/19th century, Edo period
By Koma Yasutada, Edo period (1615-1868), mid-19th century The vertical rectangular body embellished red, gold and silver takamaki-e with two pheasants perched together on a flowering plum branch which continues on the reverse.
Meiji period (late 19th century), sealed Ryoun (Unno Moritoshi). Decorated in high relief, mixed-metal inlay, with two scenes of festival dancers and musicians
decorated in takamaki-e on the kinji ground with five rats gnawing at ferns and scattered nuts and playing with a feather, the interior of nashiji, signed Ipposai,
By Sadashige, signed Sadashige 定重 saku 作 Japan, 18th/19th century, Edo period (1615-1868) Of rounded rectangular form and oval section, the nashiji ground finely lacquered in gold, silver, and red takamaki-e to either side with a falcon tethered to its perch
Design of Peacock and Cherry Tree. Signed Hasegawa Shigemi. Mid-Late Edo Period (18-19th c.). Lacquered wood. Tokyo Fuji Art Museum
SHIOMI MASANARI 塩見政誠 INRŌ WITH RABBITS 兎図蒔絵印籠 Edo period (1615–1868) or Meiji era (1868–1912), 19th century
HŌSHIN A gold lacquer four-case inrō. 19th century. depicting a large stag beetle and other insects including a grasshopper, a mantis, and a dragonfly
By Shokansai, Edo period (early 19th century) The roiro-nuri and nashiji ground with a pair of cranes in gold and silver takamaki-e and hiramaki-e with red lacquer accents and silver foil overlay, the reverse with gold-foil blossoms below a rocky outcropping
lacquered to one side with Urashima Taro seated beneath a pine tree, opening Otohime's box to reveal a minogame, the reverse with an elaborate design of the Sea King's palace above five minogame amid breaking waves
KAJIKAWA LINEAGE AND SCHOOL OF HAMANO NORIYUKI (ACTIVE 19TH CENTURY) A fine metal-inlaid five-case lacquer inro Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century Bearing a kinji ground and decorated in high-relief gold takamaki-e with embellishments of hirame and kirikane with Shoki applied in gold, copper, shibuichi and shakudo takazogan, the reverse with two oni hiding in a grotto
FIVE CASE INRO, with nashiji interiors; decorated on the roiro-nuri ground in various maki-e techniques with a bold design of a dragon; signed in the top case Kajikawa
